Apple earnings lift iPhone supplier stocks

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple isn't the only stock benefiting from its blowout second quarter, during which it sold many more iPhones than expected. Shares of companies that make chips or accessories for iPhones also rode the good-news wave.

Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) shares ended Wednesday's session 8.9% higher, after the company said late Tuesday that it nearly doubled its profit last quarter. The most striking data point: Apple handily beat analysts' expectations for iPhones, selling 35.1 million during the first three months of the year.

Several players in the iPhone ecosystem also got a boost on Wednesday, including several semiconductor makers. The smaller companies in that bunch gained the most: Cirrus Logic (CRUS) added more than 11%, Triquint (TQNT) rose 7.6% and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) ended more than 6% higher.